Dhaka has decided to take the help of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate the murder of blogger Avijit Roy.

The development follows an offer by the United States in this regard. 

Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali conveyed the government decision to a group of top diplomats including the USA during a meeting at the State Guesthouse Padma this afternoon.

According to a highly-placed source at the foreign ministry, Mahmood Ali shared “the government’s decision to positively respond to the US’ offer to engage the FBI in unearthing the motive and real culprits behind the murder.”

Unknown assailants hacked and brutally killed the Bangladeshi born American citizen and seriously injured his blogger wife Rafida Ahmed Bonya on the Dhaka University campus Thursday night.